The Clutha Leader. BALCLUTHA: TUESDAY, MAECH 6, 1900.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXVI, Issue 1381, 6 March 1900, Page 3

The Clutha Leader. BALCLUTHA : TUESDAY, MAECH 6, 1900.

Miss Stenhouse has been appointed temporary assistant at the Balclutha District High School, vice Mr Irwin transferred.

Messrs M. Eyrie and. Co.' new building is rapidly approaching completion, and presents a commanding appearance.

At the Police Court, Kaitangata, William Thomson, charged with using obsene language in a public place, was. convicted and sentenced to one month's imprisonment. Messrs Poole and Farquhar were the presiding justices.

The hearing of the charge against Thomas Galloway of having murdered his wife at South Dunedin, on January Ist, was concluded on Saturday, when the jury returned a verdict of not guilty, and accused was discharged.

We noticed that in the first draft of stations arranged at the Wesleyan conferance at Auckland, the Bev. Mr Elliott, is appointed to go to Wellington (Thornton), the Bev T. N. Newbold to take his place in Balelutha. Of course this is not final.

The Hon. R. J. Seddon having forwarded on behalf of the School children of New Zealand their congratulations to Lord Roberts on the surrender of General Cronje, received the following reply :—" Osfontein, March 2nd, 4.5 p.m. — Please convey to the school children of New Zealand my best thanks for their congratulations and good wishes."

Mr P Nelson has given "the following notice of motion for first ordinary meeting of the Borough Council : — " That the Council take into consideration the desirability of rising a loan for tbe.purpose of providing drainage, water supply, and lighting for the town ; also considering scheme and obtaining experts opinions thereon."

In Mr Ramage's report on acetylene gas in our last issue we made him to recommend the laying of 14in pipes in the main street. This should have been ljin ; and by misapprehension as to his meaning, we used the word " combustion " instead of " non-combus-tion," in regard to the pressure used in the test in lighting the .bridge lamps.

At Friday's meeting of the council of the Otago Acclimatisation Society the following dates were selected for shooting game and deer: — Fallow deer, from loth March to 30th April ; red deer, Ist April to 31st May ; and imported and native game, Ist May to 30th June.

According to the Wyndham Herald the Babbit department put on men to poison the land of a district farmer who had lately been before the court, and the farmer put on other hands to pick np the poison.

A fatal accident occurred at the Calliope dock, Auckland, on Saturday morning. A large number of men were engaged painting the Union Company's Manapouri when one of the stages broke, owing to a defective rope. Three men fell on to the concrete side of the dock, a fall of 26ft. All three were injured, one so seriously that he died on Sunday morning. A fourth man cleverly grabbed an overhanging boatbook on the Manapouri, and after swinging in the air by it, was pulled up by one of the crew.